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Five Good Emperors
The Five good Emperors or Adoptive Emperors (sometimes called the Nervan-Antonian Dynasty, which is actually a conflation of the Nervo-Trajanic and Antonine dynasties, the latter including Commodus) were five consecutive emperors of the Roman Empire who ruled from 96 to 180: Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. They were known for their moderate policies, in contrast to their more tyrannical and oppressive successors; their rule was at the height of the Empire's prosperity during the Pax Romana.
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